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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.20/   16.70
Hole:   6A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    15.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY; C 10YR4/4-DARK BROWN, 10YR7/6; S SLIGHTLY BURROWED AND MOTTLED; U 
DARK SPECK-OF ORGANIC MATTER?;H FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    16.70/   18.20
Hole:   6A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    15.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY; C 7.5YR4/3-DARK BROWN, 7.5YR7/4, -AMBER; S MASSIVE TO SLIGHTLY 
MOTTLED WITH OPEN BURROWS NEAR BASE; M LIMONITE-SILT GRADE, SPHENOIDAL 
AGGREGATES, TRACE OF AMBER SHARDS;H FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    18.20/   19.20
Hole:   6A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    15.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1000
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY; C 10YR4/2-BROWN, 10YR8/4; S SLIGHT MOTTLING;D HIGHLY DISTURBED;H 
FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    19.70/   21.20
Hole:   6A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    15.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY; C 7.5YR4/3-BROWN, 7.5YR7/4; S SLIGHTLY MOTTLED, FEW OPEN BURROWS 
NEAR BOTTOM, MOTTLES COLOR 7.5YR7/4;H FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    21.20/   22.70
Hole:   6A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    15.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 VOID;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    22.70/   24.20
Hole:   6A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    15.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY; C 7.5YR4/3-BROWN, 7.5YR7/4, -CREAM, -DARK GRAY, -SLIGHTLY DARKER 
COLORED; S MASSIVE TO SLIGHTLYMOTTLED;O MOTTLING COMPRISED OF THREE TYPES 
OF FEATURES: 1) WISPS OF CREAM COLORED MUD SOMETIMES WITH BURROW 
MORPHOLOGY-OFTEN NOT DISCERNABLE--2) DARK GRAYVERY SMALL BURROW 
FILLINGS-PROBABLY FECAL IN ORIGINAND ONLY PRESENT OVER VERY SHORT 
DISTANCES--3) SLIGHTLY DARKER COLORED SPLOTCHES WITH VERY OBSCURE 
BOUNDARIES.DO NOT KNOW IF BURROW OR IF CONCENTRATION OF ORGANO/CONCRETION 
MATERIAL;H FIRM;Z 00000000

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These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced in 2000 by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Geophysical Data Center, and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder. Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Please see the NGDC privacy, disclaimer, and copyright notices.